2023年5月3日

维多利亚RificiPerthNow——中央推动多花数千美元优先邮件,以避免“蜗牛邮件”发送的城市贝斯今年议会选举包已经回来了。议员投票反对一项动议提出的Cr凯瑟琳Ehrhardt周三会议上为城市搁置10575美元2023 - 24预算草案为澳大利亚邮政的优先服务发送的包时10月的选举。“我意识到,10575美元是重要的但在选举的计划不是“Cr Ehrhardt说。PerthNow数字版。“我的观点是,我们必须负担一切机会我们纳税人增加选民参与。“报告显示,城市没有以前优先邮件的地方政府选举但佤邦选举委员会已经使用该服务的内在复电费已付邮件。报告称,尽管澳大利亚邮政承诺其优先级服务将提供从寄存next-business-day交付,并不是100%的保证。“澳大利亚邮政需要交付94%在他们的指导方针,”该报告称。Cr莎莉帕尔默说:“蜗牛邮件是蜗牛邮件”和10000美元的优质服务是“很小”。然而,Cr米歇尔·萨瑟兰表示她不会支持这项运动,但理解其意图。 “I’m not supporting this because I don’t like spending money on councillors, we already get enough,” she said. “If they (ratepayers) really want to vote they can ring up and come on the day to vote. “I think part of this is the issue that people just don’t want to vote in local government elections.” A total of 48,148 election packages were dispatched by Australia Post to Bayswater electors for the 2021 local government election but only 15,222 were returned, giving the City a voter participation rate of 31.65 per cent. The report said using the priority service might increase the time available to Bayswater electors to consider and submit their vote in the upcoming election. “While the expectation is that there will always be a small percentage of unclaimed and late mail even if the priority service option is undertaken, by using this service this could be seen as a way to increase voter participation, or offer greater opportunity to electors to ensure that their votes are returned in time,” the report said. Mayor Filomena Piffaretti said she believed people had ample opportunity to vote and she couldn’t justify the additional cost of priority post. The WAEC has told the City it will cost $252,000, not including the priority service, to conduct this year’s election. This amount has already been allocated in the City’s draft 2023-24 budget.